Article: What the Assumption means.(Opinion)

There's story about a devout Christian who died and off he went to the next life. In the afterlife, one either goes to the top level called “heaven” where the righteous go to enjoy eternal bliss. Those who have venial sins go to the second level called “purgatory” and the damned are herded to the basement, where their lot is eternal punishment.* * *Now the Christian found himself in the second level (purgatory). As he roamed about getting the feel of his new home, to his surprise, he met his former parish priest.“Father, I didn’t expect you to be here,” the excited parishioner blurted. “Why aren’t you up there?” ...

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